Seems like Rick Ross will have to be a patient man if he wants Wiz Khalifa to join him on Maybach Music as Atlantic Records announced the budding hip-hop emcee as their newest signee. Wiz has been quickly rising in popularity since the release of his Kush & Orange Juice mixtape in April of this year. This mixtape is currently ranked as the most popular mixtape of all time on the premier mixtape website DatPiff.com. A large part of Wiz Khalifa’s independent successes have come from his massive online presence and his passionately loyal fans who are simply referred to as Taylor Gang. Wiz Khalifa’s MySpace page has received well over 30 million plays, he’s liked by over 400,000 Facebook members and has over 200,000 followers on Twitter. And, yes, up until this point Wiz Khalifa has been an independent artist.
Also just announced, Wiz Khalifa is set to headline on the 50-city Waken Baken Tour of North America, with special guest Yelawolf, which begins September 16, 2010. Look out for Wiz and the Taylor Gang in a town near you!
SEE WIZ KHALIFA’S TOUR DATES ON THE NEXT PAGE!
[pagebreak]
SEPTEMBER
16 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
19 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theater
21 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
22 Providence, RI Lupo’s
24 Montreal, QUEB La Tulipe
<span style='font-family: Palatino Linotype; font-